List of heads of state 1882

Costa Rica
- Head of State and Government:
  - President Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez ( 1870–1876 , 1877– July 6, 1882)
  - President Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez (July 6 – July 20, 1882)
  - President Próspero Fernández Oreamuno (July 20, 1882–1885)

Dominican Republic
- Head of State and Government:
  - - President : Fernando Arturo de Meriño (1880–1 September 1882)
    - President: Ulises Heureaux (September 1, 1882–1884, 1887–1889, 1889–1899 )

El Salvador
- Head of State and Government: President Rafael Zaldívar (1876–1884)

Guatemala
- Head of State and Government: President Justo Rufino Barrios (1873–1885)

Haiti
- Head of State and Government: President Lysius Salomon (1879–1888)

Honduras
- Head of State and Government: President : Marco Aurelio Soto (1876–1883)

Nicaragua
- Head of State and Government: President Joaquín Zavala (1879–1883)

South America

Argentina
- Head of State and Government: President : Julio Argentino Roca (1880–1886, 1898–1904 )

Bolivia
- Head of State or Government: President : Narciso Campero Leyes (1880–28 December 1884)

Brazil
- Ruler: Emperor : Peter II (1831–1889)

Chile
- Head of State or Government: President : Domingo Santa María (1881–1886)

Ecuador
- Head of State and Government: (temporarily) Ignacio de Veintemilla (1876–1883)

Colombia
- Head of State and Government:
  - President Rafael Núñez (1880–1 April 1882, 1884–1886, 1892–1894 )
  - President Francisco Javier Zaldúa (April 1 - December 21, 1882)
  - (officiating) Clímaco Calderón (December 21 - December 22, 1882)
  - President José Eusebio Otálora (December 22, 1882–1884)

Paraguay
- Head of State and Government: President Bernardino Caballero (1881–1886)

Peru
- Head of State and Government: (provisional) Lizardo Montero Flores (1881–1883)

Uruguay
- Head of State and Government:
- + (provisional) Francisco Antonio Vidal (1880–1 March 1882)
  - President Máximo Santos (March 1, 1882–1886)

Venezuela
- Head of State and Government: President Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1870–1884, 1886–1888 )

Asia

Abu Dhabi
- Emir: Zayed I (1855-1909)

Ajman
- Sheikh: Raschid II. (1872-1891)

Afghanistan
- Emir: Abdur Rahman Khan (1880–1901)

Bahrain
- Emir: Isa I. (1869-1932)

China ( Qing Dynasty ):
- Emperor: Guangxu (1875-1908)

British India
- Empress : Victoria (1877–1901)
- Viceroy : George Robinson (1880–1884)

Japan
- Emperor : Mutsuhito (1867–1912)

Korea
- King: Gojong (1864-1897)

Kuwait
- Emir: Abdullah II. (1866-1892)

Nepal
- Head of State: King Prithvi (1881–1911)

Oman
- Sultan: Turki ibn Said (1871–1888)

Persia ( Qajar dynasty)
- Shah : Naser od-Din Shah (1848–1896)

Thailand
- King: Chulalongkorn , King of Thailand (1868–1910)

Australia and Oceania

Hawaii
- King : David Kalākaua (1874-1891)

Europe

Andorra
- Co-princes :
  - President of France : Jules Grévy (1879–1887)
  - Bishop of Urgell : Salvador Casañas i Pagès (1879–1901)

Belgium
- Head of State: King Leopold II (1865–1909)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Walthère Frère-Orban ( 1868–1870 , 1878–1884)

Bulgaria
- Prince : Alexander I (1879–1886)

Denmark
- Head of State: King : Christian IX. (1863–1906)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1875–1894)

German Empire
- Kaiser : Wilhelm I (1871–1888)
  - Imperial Chancellor : Otto von Bismarck (1871–1890)
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  - Duke : Friedrich I (1871–1904)
    - Minister of State : Anton von Krosigk (1875-1892)
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  - Grand Duke : Friedrich I (1856–1907)
    - Minister of State: Ludwig Turban the Elder (1876-1893)
- Bavaria :
  - King : Ludwig II. (1864-1886)
    - Chairman of the Council of Ministers : Johann Freiherr von Lutz (1880–1890)
- Braunschweig
  - Duke : Wilhelm (1831-1884)
- Bremen
  - Mayor : Friedrich Ludolf Grave (1879–1882)
  - Mayor: Otto Gildemeister (1871–1875) (1882) (1884) (1886)
- Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine
  - Imperial governor: Edwin von Manteuffel (1879–1885)
  - State Secretary of the Ministry for Alsace-Lorraine : Karl von Hofmann (1880–1887)
- Hamburg
  - First Mayor : Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber (1879) (1882) (1885)
- Hessen-Darmstadt
  - Grand Duke : Ludwig IV. (1877-1892)
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  - Prince : Woldemar (1875–1895)
- Lübeck
  - Mayor : Arthur Gustav Kulenkamp (1881–1882) (1885–1886) (1889–1890) (1893–1894)
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  - Grand Duke : Friedrich Franz II. (1842–1883)
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  - Grand Duke : Friedrich Wilhelm (1860–1904)
- Oldenburg
  - Grand Duke : Nikolaus Friedrich Peter (1853–1900)
    - Minister of State : Friedrich Andreas Ruhstrat (1876–1890)
- Prussia :
  - King : Wilhelm I (1861–1888)
    - Prime Minister : Otto von Bismarck (1862–1873) (1873–1890)
- Reuss older line
  - Prince : Heinrich XXII. (1859–1902)
- Reuss younger line
  - Prince : Heinrich XIV. (1867–1913)
- Saxony :
  - King : Albert (1873–1902)
    - Chairman of the entire ministry : Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice (1876–1891)
- Saxony-Altenburg
  - Duke : Ernst I (1853–1908)
- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  - Duke : Ernst II (1844-1893)
- Saxony-Meiningen
  - Duke : George II (1866–1914)
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
  - Grand Duke : Carl Alexander (1853–1901)
- Schaumburg-Lippe
  - Prince : Adolf I. Georg (1860-1893)
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
  - Prince : Georg Albert (1869–1890)
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
  - Prince : Karl Günther (1880–1909)
- Waldeck and Pyrmont (administered by Prussia since January 1, 1868)
  - Prince : Georg Victor (1845-1893)
- Württemberg :
  - King : Charles I (1864-1891)
    - President of the State Ministry : Hermann von Mittnacht (1876–1900)

France
- Presidents : Jules Grévy (1879–1887)

Greece
- King : George I (1863–1913)

Italy
- King : Umberto I (1878–1900)

Luxembourg (1815–1890 personal union with the Netherlands)
- Grand Duke : Wilhelm III. (1849-1890)

Monaco
- Prince Charles III (1856-1889)

Montenegro
- Prince : Nikola I. Petrović Njegoš (1860–1918) (from 1910 king )

Neutral Moresnet
- King of Belgium : Leopold II (1865–1909)
- King of Prussia : Wilhelm I (1861–1888)
- Mayor: Joseph Kohl (1859–1882)

Netherlands (1815–1890 personal union with Luxembourg)
- King : Wilhelm III. (1849-1890)

Norway (1814–1905 personal union with Sweden)
- King : Oskar II (1872–1905)

Ottoman Empire :
- Sultan : Abdülhamid II. (1876-1909)

Austria-Hungary
- Emperor : Franz Joseph I (1848–1916)

Portugal
- King : Ludwig I (1861–1889)

Romania
- Head of State: King Charles I (1866–1914) (until 1881 Prince)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Ion C. Brătianu ( 1868, 1876–1881 , 1881–1888)

Russia
- Emperor : Alexander III. (1881-1894)

Sweden
- King : Oskar II. (1872–1907) (1872–1905 King of Norway)

Serbia
- King : Milan Obrenović I (1868–1889) (prince until 1882)

Spain
- King : Alfonso XII. (1874-1885)

Hungary
- King : Franz Joseph I (1848–1916) (1848–1916 King of Bohemia, 1848–1916 Emperor of Austria)

United Kingdom
- Head of State: Queen Victoria (1837–1901) (1877–1901 Empress of India)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone ( 1868–1874 , 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894 )